Technical, legal, and public outreach aspects regarding carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS), geological sequestration, both offshore and onshore; contaminant transport through soil and aquifers; international water law and transboundary groundwater resources; public outreach on environmental issues; climate policy; water policy, water rights, public outreach, international diplomacy and negotiations. Particular countries of focus include the US, Australia, Scotland, and EU. Specialties. Professional ship-handling experience working in the Gulf of Mexico.

Ms. Veronica Brieno Rankin is the Founder and President of GeoSeq® International LLC, a premiere independent consultancy, providing international solutions regarding energy-related issues.

DISTINGUISHING QUALIFICATIONS

*Served as invited stakeholder and invited expert to numerous international initiatives involving the G8, IEA, CSLF, IPCC, and UNFCCC.

*Evaluated national and international legal regimes, scientific issues, and risk factors pertaining to transboundary groundwater resources and deployment of CO2 capture and sequestration (CCS).

*Advised leading venture capitalists, including GreatPoint Ventures, in developing commercial-scale CCS business opportunities.

*Clean coal experience includes participating in the evaluation of proposals submitted in support of the New York State Advanced Clean Coal Power Plant Initiative.

*Nuclear experience includes participating in the evaluation of the US DOE proposed application to store high-level radioactive waste in the Yucca Mountain, NV region on behalf of the Center of Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analysis (CNWRA/SwRI) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

*Public experience includes participation in organized governmental efforts and corporate/client efforts to reduce community concerns, including serving as consultant to New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA) for state-wide CCS projects.

*Evaluated national and international legal regimes, scientific issues, and risk factors pertaining to transboundary groundwater resources and deployment of CO2 capture and sequestration (CCS).

*Advised leading venture capitalists, including GreatPoint Ventures, in developing commercial-scale CCS business opportunities.

*Clean coal experience includes participating in the evaluation of proposals submitted in support of the New York State Advanced Clean Coal Power Plant Initiative.

*Nuclear experience includes participating in the evaluation of the US DOE proposed application to store high-level radioactive waste in the Yucca Mountain, NV region on behalf of the Center of Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analysis (CNWRA/SwRI) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

*Public experience includes participation in organized governmental efforts and corporate/client efforts to reduce community concerns, including serving as consultant to New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA) for state-wide CCS projects.

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The proposed Longannet CCS plant is about 40-50 miles from here. There never appeared to be much of a buzz about it in the media etc. To be honest I would have been more surprised if it had gone ahead.

Dear Veronica Brieno Rankin,
Greetings from Cambridge. I am Amarjyoti Borah, an Indian Journalist and I report on issue of Environment. At present I am at Cambridge University on a Press Felowship. I am researching on issues of Climate Change and Climate Refugees.
I am trying to build contacts among people working and researching on my field.
I will be most grateful if I will receive a reply from , and if possible lets be in touch.
With regards,
Amarjyoti Borah,
Journalist,